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Sorry, Pete. Thanks for the positive words, but that commenter was just a troll. He's not going to set the tone of this thread. And I suspect he's using multiple identities. I have no respect for him. He (or she) seems to be one of these people with personal hostility to me. Or are they all the same person?

My eyes were first drawn to the standing man, wondering if he was waiting, or hesitantly ready to go forward (towards what the three walkers were heading for?). I completely missed the person on the left at first, who seems part of the frame, actually "behind" the picture in a way. Is his gaze (is it a he? Can't see clearly) directed also towards where the people are going? What is he thinking? Finally, nice lines, the table (with tablecloth!), bench, stone wall, and wood fence.

...And definitely meat eaters, ----what with the leather and camel's hair coats. Although I guess you could feasibly be a vegetarian strictly for diet and health reasons, and not care about animal fabrics.

But, that being the mid-West, I'm assuming, with all the corn-fed beef etc.. you might not find as many vegetarians as on the new age-y Coasts?

That was a cold mf'ing day. Waiting and hour and a half in freezing drizzle on a Sunday afternoon to eat some of the best barbecue in the world: pork ribs, beef brisket, and sausage; amazing peach and blackberry cobblers for dessert. People arriving in groups of 8, 10, 13 -- big tables.

Ruth Anne: I shaved it off in 1985, I believe, grew it back around 1994, shaved it off permanently shortly afterward.